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GAE WHEEL EENDEE. No. 518,642. Patanted Apr. 24, 1894.

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SYLVESTER A. BREEN, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

CAR-WHEEL FENDER.

`EIPE(IIFICA'IIION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,642, dated April 24, 1894. Application led November 23,1893. Serial No. 491,706. (No model.)

To onli whom it may concern.-

12e 1t known that I, SYLvEs'rER A. BEEEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Wheel Fenders; and I do hereby declare the followlngto be a full, clear, and exact descript1o n of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertainsto make and use the same. l

My invention relates to improvements in wheel fenders for street cars, and the object 1s to provide a wheel fender of novel and useful construction extending along the sides and at the ends of the car, to serve as a safety attachment and medium to prevent contact with the wheels; and because of its resilient and yielding functions, lessening the force of contact with the fender, and at the same time tending or operating to throw obstructions outward and away from the car.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings,where 1n Figure 1 is a side view of a car with my improvements connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the fender-frame showing the arrangement and construction of the relief-springs. Flg. 3 is a detail of one of the springs and hinge or hanger. Fig. 4L is a detail of thev corner connection` of the side fender and the end fender. Fig. 5 is a view of the end-fender.

A designates the car, which may be ot' any of the usual constructions, with platforms and steps.

B designates the fender-frame composed of two or more parallel bars or strips 1, 2, 3, extending the length of the car as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and having extensions 4, 5, secured to the respective ends thereof, arranged under the steps of the car, as shown. Over these frames is secured wire-netting 6. The upper bar l of the fender-frame B is provlded with hinge-lugs 7, hung on bars 8, to the ends of which are secured brackets 9, by which the frame is held to the side ofthe car by fastening bolts or screws. On the bars 8 are arranged springs 10, to give a longitudinal resiliency to the fender. This arrangement accomplishes the longitudinal yielding of the frame, by giving the hinge-lugs 7 a longitudinal play between the ears of the brackets, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Along the side of the car, below the bar 1,`and substantially ou the plane and parallel with the bar 3 is suitably secured a bar 11, on which are secured a requisite numberof sleeves 12, having seats 13, formed on their outer portions as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3; and on the bar 3 of the fender-frame are similar sleeves 14, also..having seats 13X;` and between these seats are mounted and carried springs l5, which provide the yielding and resilient, outward and inward movement, as well as the same character of endwise resilient movement, to the fender-frame, when any pressure or force is applied thereto by any object or force. i

The end-fender C is composed of two rectangular frames 16, 17, having a wire-netting stretched between them. Each of the frames 16, 17, is hinged to the extensions of the sidefenders at 18, by spring-hinge connections 19, substantially as shown in Fig. 4c of the drawings, and at their meeting edges are held together by a spring-connection 20, (see Fig. 2.)

It will be perceived that the fender as a whole has a resilient function in every part: longitudinally by means of the springs on the hanger-bars and inward by means of the springs between the lower bar of the side fender and the inner supporting bar; so that should a person or other object be thrown or fall against the wire-netting at the end or on the side of the car, the hinged frame by reason of its resilient suspension will yield, and the force of the object against the spring-supported wire-netting will at the same time cause that to yield, and that then the recoil of the springs between the fender and the inner bar will throw the object outward and away from the car. And should the object contact with the end-fender, that will yield also, and by the `force of the spring-connections with the side-fenders, the springs of the latter will exert themselves to force or throw the object outward and away from the end of the car.

What I claim ist l. A wheel-fender and safety-attachment for cars, consisting of a frame extending the length of the car and having extensions running under the steps of the car; hinges to support the frame having hinge bars wherein the frame has longitudinal play, a bar secured behind and parallel with the lower bar of the frame, and springs between the said bar and the lower bar of the frame, substantially as described.

2. A wheel-fender and safety attachment for cars, consisting of a frame extending the length of the car and having extensions running under the steps of the car; hinges t0 support the frame having hinge bars whereon the frame has longitudinal play, a bar secured behind and parallel with the lower bar of the frame; springs between the said inner bar and the lower bar of the frame, end-fenders having spring-connections to the ends of the sidefenders, and spring fastenings between their meeting-edges, substantially as described.

3. A wheel-fender and safety-attachment for cars, consisting of a frame extending the length of the car and having extensions running under the steps of the ear; hinges to support the frame having hinge bars whereon the frame has longitudinal play, springs on the hinge-bars, a bar secured behind and parallel with the lower bar of the frame, springs between the said inner bar and the lower bar of the frame, end-fenders having springconnections to the ends of the side-fenders, and spring fastenings between their meetingedges, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

SYLVESTER A. BREEN. Witnesses:

W. S. ODELL, v A. G. HEYLMUN.' 

